Arizona Head Coach Mike Candrea:
"Obviously, when you are in this situation, a victory is a big
victory
for us right now. It was really nice to see our bats wake up a
little
bit. Now we will take one game at a time, one inning at a time
and one
pitch at a time to try and get hot and keep playing. It was a
good
performance. I thought Becky Lemke did a very nice job and we
scored
some runs early; that is the key to Arizona softball. We needed
to breed
some confidence this time of the year. I think this team is
excited and
fired up and ready to play as long as we need to."

Toni Mascarenas - Arizona Third Baseman:
On what she had for breakfast: "Confidence. On Thursday, coming
out we
lost our confidence after she (Southern Mississippi's Courtney
Blades)
was getting all of us out. But today I think we were swinging
our bats
and looking for our pitch to drive."

Nicole Giordano - Arizona Outfielder:
On her performance today: "Tonight I was seeing the ball really
well. I
like to hit more than slap but I know I needed to get on base.
We needed
to score early to help our team's confidence. If the slappers
get on it
helps the meat of our lineup."

California Head Coach Diane Ninemire:
"We played a really good team in Arizona. Arizona was ready to
hit the
ball and got the runs in to get the job done. We left a lot of
runs in
scoring position in the first few innings but weren't able to
get the
key hits when we needed to get a run. Arizona did a great job.
We didn't
do the things we needed to do to win the game."

On the decision to start Nicole DiSalvio on the mound: "DiSalvio
had a
great game against Fresno State and was coming on very strong
toward the
end of the year. I felt very confident that Nicole could go in
there and
do a great job. She was hitting her spots well. She throws very
hard. I
felt she could do the job against Arizona. Unfortunately,
neither
pitcher did the job today. I know they put the effort forward
and that's
all a coach can ask for."

Lisa Iancin - California Second Baseman:
"We are a very young team. This is a great experience for us,
especially
the freshman. This is a good experience for them to go into next
year.
Hopefully we can take something from this year and build on it
like we
did last year."

Veronica Nelson - California First Baseman:
On being walked a lot: "By now I'm used to it because I have
been walked
so much this year. I know that Lisa (Iancin) is behind me and
she is a
great hitter and she has so much experience. Now when I get
walked, I
feel I'm going to get hit in by Lisa. I feel that that's helping
the
team, instead of me getting frustrated."